Tag



5. J. THACKERAY ET AL ,36

TAG

Filed Oct. 11, 1933 Patented Jan. 15, 1935 UNITED STATES TAG Samuel J. Thackeray and George W. Henry, Jr.,

Philadelphia, Pa.., assignors to Soabar Company, Philadelphia, Pa., a corporation ofPennsylvania.

Application October 11,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in tags of the character used as identifying markers for textile fabrics, and one object of the invention is to provide a tag which while avoiding the use of wire staples or pins may be securely affixed to the fabric.

More specifically, an object of the invention is to provide a tag of cardboard or the like comprising novel and improved meansfor interlocking the tag with a fabric so that the tag is substantially proof against accidental disengagement. 7

Still another object of the invention is to provide a tag of the stated character which may be manufactured at low cost and which may be readily attached to a fabric for the stated purpose.

The invention further resides in the novel structural features hereinafter set forth and i1- lustrated in' the attached drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the improved tag attached to a fabric;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a face view of the tag, and

Fig. 4 is a sectional view corresponding to that of Fig. 2 and illustrating a modified method of attaching the tag.

With reference to .Fig. 3, the tag in a preferred embodiment comprises an elongated strip 1 of cardboard or the like, this strip having at one end a projecting tab 2 and a U-shaped perforation 3 defining a second tab 4. Removed from the perforation 3 toward the opposite end of the strip 1 is a rectangular opening 5, it being noted that the length of the tab 2 measured transversely of the strip is slightly less than the corresponding dimension of the opening 5.

The method of applying this tag to the fabric is illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. As shown in Fig. 1, the edge of the fabric 6 is inserted in the U-shaped perforation 3 so that the tab 4 lies under the fabric. The tag is then bent over upon a transverse line designated 7 in Fig. 1, and when so bent, the apertured end of the tag becomes in itself a tab, a free edge 8 of which slightly overlies the free end of the tab 4. The overlying fabric is then pressed upwardly through the opening 5, there being suflicient flexibility in the tab to permit its being thus adjusted out of the plane of the tag to a slightly elevated position as'shown in Fig. 2, and in this position, the fabric 6 is pinched or snubbed over the edge 8 of the opening 5 by the tab 4, the outer end of which slightly overlaps the said edge 8 of the opening 5. It will be noted that when the tag is bent upon the line '7--'7, the

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opposite edge 9 of the opening 5 coincides substantially with the end edge of the strip 1 at the base of the tab 2, and to provide a double lock for the tag insuring against accidental displacement, the tab 2 is forced upwardly through the opening 5 and interlocks with the edge 9 as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

It will be apparent from the above that whereas the tab 4 in overlapping the edge 8 of the opening 5 and in therebyp-inching orv snubbing the fabric as previously described forms a secure interlock between the tag and the fabric resisting all normal strains tending to disengage the tag from the fabric, the interlock-between the tag and the fabric is made doubly secure by interlocking through the medium of the tab 2 the overlapping portions of the tag whereby the strains are largely relieved from the tab 4, since any tendency to separate the overlapped portions of the tag is first resisted by the tab 2.

In Fig. 4, we have illustrated a further method of attaching the tag which has been found suitable for thin materials, such as silk. In this instance, the tag is folded on the line 7 around the edge of the fabric, and the tabs 4-and2 are then forced upwardly through the aperture 5 so that the fabric 6a. is snubbed at both sides of the said aperture.

It will be understood that the invention may assume a variety of embodiments and is not limited to the particular form of tag herein disclosed.

We claim:

1. A tag having portions adapted for folding into overlapped relation, one of said por-.

tions having an aperture, and the other of said portionshaving a plurality of tabs adapted for insertion through the said aperture, one of said tabs serving to interlock said overlapped portions and another serving as a retainer for a fabric passed through said aperture. 7

2. A tag having an end portion adapted for folding back upon the remaining portion of the tag, the latter portion having an aperture, and said end portion having at the free extremity aprojecting tab adapted to pass through said aperture and to interlock with an edge of the latter to hold said portions together, said end portion having also a substantially U-shaped incision forming a tab adapted when the tag is folded to register with said aperture and being arranged to cooperate with an edge of said aperture to retain a fabric inserted in the aperture;

SAMUEL J. THACKERAY. GEORGE W. HENRY, Jr. 

